The attack does not turn, the defense falters: the match has already been decided at the long interval. Saturday in Faenza hunting for the first victory
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The talent and class of Passalacqua Ragusa, which also adds Kuier to the debut of Moncalieri, make the difference at PalaBrera, where Costruzioni Italia loses the second consecutive seasonal challenge. The line-up of coach Andrea Castelli suffers the aggression and the game of the guests right from the duo ball, who in the final of the first half, with three consecutive triples, dig the decisive furrow.
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Ragusa defends very strong, Broni does not find a clean pass and moreover gives two or three easy, easy baskets: the 43 points of the Hyblean in the first 20 ‘are the clear testimony of the clear superiority. The formation of coach Gianni Recupido immediately starts strong, taking advantage of the long levers of the Finnish Kuier under the basket and Taylor’s speed game, placing the first break of the game (2-10 at 5 ‘) and forcing coach Castelli to talk about it. Broni finds little space, does not materialize and, after scoring the initial basket with Dedic, remains dry for almost 8 minutes. At 1’24 ”from the siren of the first quarter to interrupt the fast of the Oltrepadane takes care of Bona.
The ball of the game, however, remains in the hands of the Sicilians who continue to exploit the depth, quickly finding the way to the basket; while the red and white formation continues to quarrel with iron, harnessed by the careful defense of the Eagles. The 3/5 from the long distance of the guests does the rest, digging an important gap already at 14 ‘(9-28). Costruzioni Italia has some flare-ups, like Perisa’s triple basket front, but every time Passalacqua spins the ball inside the paint or on the perimeter, it finds the big target. At the end of the first half, Kuier is already in double-double, with 13 points and 11 rebounds captured. Just 17 points in the booklet of the Bronesi, too few to worry such a square and careful formation.
In the second half, the girls from Recupido continue to play from memory, limiting themselves to easily controlling a challenge widely in the safe. The hosts try to partially mend the tear, but do not take advantage of a few too many mistakes made by Passalacqua, who can play with greater tranquility and, obviously, force some conclusions. The second half has very little to offer, because the game is on ice: as the Americans would say it is “garbage time”, which is used only for statistics.
Nothing significant happens anymore, even if Broni tries to keep up with the pace of the Ragusans, as shown by the 15-15 parting of the third period. Definitely a colorless performance of the girls of coach Castelli, even if this was not the challenge in which to try to score two points, because Ragusa proved to be clearly superior.
Now the Oltrepadane are expected from a certainly more important challenge on the field of the newly promoted E-Work Faenza: match scheduled for Saturday evening, at 20.30. The positive note of the evening is that the PalaBrera has found its warm public and the red and white team the support of the Viking, who, before the duo ball, wanted to pay homage to Sergio and Mario, two historic friends of the ultras group who recently passed away. The game was attended by the girls of Peperoncino, a Bolognese youth formation, who in the morning had played a friendly match with the under 17 girls of the Broni basketball academy. Franco Scabrosetti